In the K-pop culture, there are various activities in which fans can participate to enjoy the culture to the fullest. One of the activities that fans can participate in is fan meetings.
Fan meetings are events hosted by artists in which fans get a chance to meet their favorite artists up close. There are various ways in which fans can attend the event, such as being picked in a lottery when purchasing the artist's albums or fans who can purchase tickets to the special fan concerts that are held by these artists.
For fan sign events that fans can attend when they are randomly chosen by lot picking, they would have to purchase multiple album copies to increase the chance of winning.
Either way, it can be costly for fans to attend these meetings. With this in mind, one K-pop fan started a discussion in a popular online community asking other K-pop fans whether they would take a loan to attend a fan meeting. This netizen asked, "Guys, would you guys get a loan to attend fan sign events?" and added, "Like get a loan of around 1 million KRW (~709.09 USD) and pay it back by working part-time at Coupang (famous Korean e-commerce site)."
Other netizens and K-pop fans joined the conversation and gave their two cents. They commented, "No," "I would rather put it on my credit card," "I don't think that is a smart way," "Why?" "I don't think getting a loan is a good idea," "I do enjoy being a fan but not to a point where I have to ruin my credit score," "Getting a loan is too much," "Please don't think about getting a loan," "It's not like the fan sign event can change your life for the better," "What happens if you don't even get picked to attend?" "No, that's not good," and "If I am guaranteed that I would get to go to the fan sign event if I spend 1 million KRW, I would rather put that on my credit card."
What do you think? Would you get a loan to attend a fan sign event?
I mean, as much as I like Kpop... I dunno. I kind of need to eat and... have heating and electricity.
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